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District of Sindh in Pakistan
Shaheed Benazirabad District ضلع شہید بینظیر آباد
شهيد بينظيرآباد ضلعو‎Nawabshah District
ضلع نوابشاہ
نوابشاھ ضلعو‎
District of Sindh
Benazirabad
Sunset on Nawabshah-Sarhari roadSunset on Nawabshah-Sarhari road
Map of Sindh with Shaheed Benazirabad DistrictMap of Sindh with Shaheed Benazirabad District
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionShaheed Benazir Abad
Established1 November 1912; 112 years ago (1 November 1912)
Founded byBritish government
HeadquartersNawabshah
Administrative Taluka 04
  • Daur Taluka
    Kazi Ahmed Taluka
    Nawabshah Taluka
    Sakrand Taluka
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerZahid Hussain Rind
 • ConstituensyNA-207 Nawabshah-I
NA-208 Nawabshah-II
Area
 • District of Sindh4,502 km (1,738 sq mi)
Elevation31 m (102 ft)
Population
 • District of Sindh1,845,102
 • Density410/km (1,100/sq mi)
 • Urban598,120
 • Rural1,246,982
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)DST is not observed
ZIP Code67450
NWD (area) code244
ISO 3166 codePK-SD

Shaheed Benazirabad District (Sindhi: شهيد بينظيرآباد ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع شہید بینظیر آباد) previously known as Nawabshah District, is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan.

Renaming

The district was renamed in September 2008 when most of MPAs of Nawabshah demanded the district be renamed to honour the late party leader.

The renaming of the district was criticised by the family of Syed Nawabshah and others who, while saddened at the death of Bhutto, felt that Nawabshah was a historic district and ought to have kept its name.

History

At the establishment of the district on 1 November 1912, seven talukas were included in this district:

  1. Kandiaro
  2. Naushero Feroze
  3. Moro
  4. Sakrand
  5. Nawabshah
  6. Sinjhoro
  7. Shahdadpur

The district was divided into two Sub-divisions, namely Nawabshah Sub-division and Naushahro Feroze Sub-division. The former comprised the three talukas Shahdadpur, Sinjhoro and Nawabshah, while the later comprise the four talukas of Kandiaro, Naushahro Feroze, Moro and Sakrand.

In 1953 the talukas of Shahdadpur and Sinjhoro became part of the newly established Sanghar District. This left Nawabshah Sub-division with only one taluka, so Sakrand taluka was moved from Naushahro Feroze Sub-division to Nawabshah Sub-division. In 1989, another part of the district, the talukas of Nausehro Feroz, Kandiaro and half of the taluka of Moro, was cleaved from it to form the new Naushahro Feroze District. A new taluka, Daulatpur, was created, from half of the Moro and some of Sakrand taluka in Nawabshah district. The district then contained three talukas:

  1. Nawabshah
  2. Sakrand
  3. Daulatpur

In 2005, after the local government election, a new taluka named Daur was cleaved from Nawabshah taluka and Daulatpur taluka renamed to Kazi Ahmed.

The district then comprised four talukas:

  1. Nawabshah
  2. Sakrand
  3. Daulatpur (now Kazi Ahmed)
  4. Daur

In May 2014, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck the district, killing one person and injuring 70.

Administrative

Taluks of Shaheed Benazirabad District

Shaheed Benazir Abad formerly Nawabshah District. The Deputy Commissioner is responsible for overall administration of the district. Miss Kanwal Nizam Shaikh is currently the Deputy Commissioner of Shaheed Benazirabad since May 2023. She is the first female officer in history of Shaheed Benazirabad to serve as DC. The district is sub-divided into four Tehsils:

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 228,016—    
1961 330,730+3.79%
1972 678,982+6.76%
1981 838,350+2.37%
1998 1,102,584+1.62%
2017 1,613,506+2.02%
2023 1,845,102+2.26%
Sources:

As of the 2023 census, Shaheed Benazirabad district has 334,356 households and a population of 1,845,102. The district has a sex ratio of 103.18 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 50.86%: 61.07% for males and 40.29% for females. 606,305 (32.87% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 598,120 (32.42%) live in urban areas.

Religions in Shaheed Benazirabad district (2023)
Religion Percent
Islam   95.06%
Hinduism   4.49%
Other   0.45%
Religion in contemporary Shaheed Benazirabad District
Religious
group 		1941 2017 2023
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 113,964 79.21% 1,545,996 95.82% 1,753,589 95.06%
Hinduism 27,102 18.84% 62,316 3.86% 82,817 4.49%
Sikhism 2,462 1.71% — — 24 ~0%
Christianity 60 0.04% 4,044 0.25% 6,507 0.35%
Others 288 0.20% 1,150 0.07% 1,690 0.10%
Total Population 143,876 100% 1,613,506 100% 1,844,627 100%

The majority religion is Islam, with 95.05% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 4.49% of the population. Members of other religions were mostly Christians, who mostly live in Nawabshah city.

Languages of Shaheed Benazirabad district (2023)

  Sindhi (85.2%)  Urdu (6.17%)  Punjabi (3.63%)  Brahui (1.64%)  Balochi (1.57%)  Others (1.79%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 85.2% of the population spoke Sindhi, 6.17% Urdu, 3.63% Punjabi, 1.64% Brahui and 1.57% Balochi as their first language.

Education

District Shaheed Benazirabad is ranked at the 125th position in the education score index of the Pakistan District Education Rankings 2017 published by Alif Ailaan.

Low learning outcome issues remain a hindrance for district Shaheed Benazirabad. Issues reported by the residents via the Taleem Do! App complain of the lack of primary schools in the area. The debate on whether basic education should be provided in the regional, national or official languages has been a point of debate in Pakistan for several years.

Events

The H. M. Khoja Annual Flower Show was introduced by H. M. Khoja in 1954 at Khoja Garden. The celebrations take place for three or four days.

Major educational institutes

Educational institutions in district Benazirabad include:

Universities

Colleges

Major Health Centres

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Union Councils

There are 62 Union Councils in Shaheed Benazirabad District: Union Councils are given below:

Name of Tehsil No of Union Councils Headquarter
Nawabshah

Wali Muhammad Rind

Mureed Khan Zardari

Chaneser

Sakhi Umeed Ali

Gandtar

Khairshah

Jari (old N/Shah)

Nawabshah
Sakrand Guhram Mari

Bahawal Shah

Sukho Mari

Bhooro

Mehrabpur

Fathepur

Punhal Khan Chandio

Majeed Kerio

Marvi

Mari Jalbani

Morio Lakho

Dalel Dero

Jamal Kerio

Khadhar

Hamal Faqir

Kumblima

Hassan Jamali

Karam Jamali

Mirza Faruk Baig

Sakrand
Kazi Ahmed Kazi Ahmed

Phullel

Noor Ja Quba

Khar

Chariro

Sawri

Manhoro

Sann

Haberi

Jamal Shah

Khan Muhammad Jalbani

Sher Ali Shah

Mirza Bagh

Mehroro

Ahmed Bughio

Saeed Kando

Pat Peeral

Thatt

Deran

Mir Muhammad Juno

Kazi Ahmed
Daur Amirji

Abdul Hassan

Obhari Sawri

Ghulam Hyder Shah

Nathiyani

Sher Khan Jamali

Suhello

Jhuro Khan Shar

Abdul Khan Lund

60 Mile

68 Mile

Hote Faqir Rind

Jam Datar

Ismail Khan Brohi

Gupchani

Daur

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Dadu District's 351 dehs, organised by taluka:

See also

References

  1. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^ "Nawabshah renamed after Benazir Bhutto". 17 September 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. PCO 2000, p. 10.
  4. Magnitude 5 Earthquake Kills 1 In Pakistan Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, npr.org.
  5. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  6. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XII SINDH PROVINCE" (PDF).
  11. "District Statistics (Census - 2017) - Shaheed Benazirabad District". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  12. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  13. The H.M Khoja Annual Flower Show
  14. "List of Dehs in Sindh" (PDF). Sindh Zameen. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

Notes

  1. 1941 census data is for Nawabshah and Sakrand talukas of erstwhile Nawabshah district, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and taluk borders have changed since 1995, namely the splitting of Moro taluk and its division between two districts.
  2. Including Jainism, Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Ad-Dharmis, or not stated

Sources

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Provincial capital: Karachi
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